The human realm.
Many students, who were preparing for their final exams at home, waiting for their parents to finish in the kitchen before heading home together.
Suddenly, they heard a 'thud' from the kitchen.
Immediately after, things started to get busy.
"Hubby, light the fire quickly."
"And bring out the broth."
"Got it! Is there enough meat? If not, I'll have them send more."
The students preparing for their exams looked up from their books, glancing at the deserted dining table in front of them, then at their parents bustling around as if they were reopening for business.
Scratching their heads, they were a bit confused.
"Dad, Mom, what are you doing? Aren't we going home?"
"Besides, it's past mealtime now, isn't it?"
Hearing this, their parents in the kitchen replied without turning their heads:
"It doesn't have to be mealtime to eat."
"Why don't you go home first?"
Students: ???
What on earth was going on?
They walked to the kitchen and saw their parents preparing ingredients while busily looking at their phones, operating something on them.
Leaning closer, they exclaimed, "Whoa! Dad, you're watching a live stream! And it's a woman!"
"What do you know? This is an eating broadcast! Someone will be ordering soon," said the father.
"Wow... Dad, you watch eating broadcasts too."
Eating broadcasts happen every day, but not many people order past mealtime.
As the students were murmuring, their father suddenly stood up, "Honey, one portion of lamb rice! One portion of meatball soup noodles! One portion of braised ribs!"
"Coming right up!"
"One portion of egg and ham fried rice noodles! One portion of spicy dry-pot rabbit!"
"Coming right up!"
Seeing more and more orders coming in, the father quickly got up to help.
He casually handed his phone to his child, who was idle.
"Here, help your mom and dad keep track of the orders, write them all down."
"Ah? Oh."
Some students took the phones and, looking at the incoming orders, suddenly had an idea.
"Dad, why don't I become an eating broadcast streamer in the future?"
It was more profitable, and they could also help with the family business.
Studying was nothing compared to the simplicity of eating.
Imagine eating delicious food while lying down and collecting money...
Wouldn't that be a dream life?
*Slap!*
While dreaming, he was hit on the back.
"Do you think eating broadcasts are that easy to do? Have you seen who's streaming?"
"Is that something just anyone can do?"
The father said, taking the phone back, "Go back to your studies. I'll watch this myself."
"Let me tell you, if you don't study well, you won't even have food to eat, let alone do eating broadcasts."
Those dreaming students were puzzled, "Dad, why do you look down on people? Why can't I do it?"
The streamer on the broadcast looked quite young, didn't they?
"Hurry up and review! Get a move on! If you fail your final exams, you'll have to go back to your hometown and eat dirt."
"...Okay."
The dreaming students weakly responded, turned around, and went back to their studies.
In the kitchen,
The father, while busy as a bee, muttered,
"Of course, it's ghosts I'm watching."
...
Every time Qin Zhouzhou started eating, the takeout orders in many major provinces of the human realm would surge.
It was more effective than any eating broadcast.
Even many streamers who focused on food entered the live stream room, wanting to learn.
After all, this person had been eating for at least several hundred years.
Every time they ate, it was so delicious!
...
In the Mirage Sea.
After Jiang Lin finished his meal, he saw a group of viewers in the live stream room wailing about being full.
"I really can't eat anymore."
"I think I can still have another bowl of rice, hurry up and help me up!"
"It's over, it's over, I'm going to get fat again. qaq"
Despite that, it was truly delicious while eating!
...
After the meal, Jiang Lin continued to collect his paper figures.
As for Qin Zhouzhou, she was said to be continuing her quest to gather more delicacies.
Upon reaching the thirty-second area, Jiang Lin and the Seven-Colored Egg finally arrived at the desert area.
As soon as they entered, they heard a strange sound.
"Bo, bobobobobo."
"Po, popopopopo!"
"Me, memememe!"
The Seven-Colored Egg shot out from Jiang Lin's side, 'Master, it's a machine ball!'
It rushed forward and, like an egg, collided with the machine ball, catching it off guard.
It rolled a couple of times on the sand before stopping.
【Finally found you!】
The Seven-Colored Egg said through a cloud bubble: 【Where have you been?】
It could communicate with all plants and animals, but the machine ball belonged to neither category, nor did it communicate through brainwaves.
The Seven-Colored Egg's communication with it had always been through typing with clouds.
"Ahhh!"
The machine ball, seeing the Seven-Colored Egg, cried out excitedly.
It had been practicing its pronunciation in the sand for so long that its newly installed 'voice box' was almost smoking.
Turning its head, it saw Jiang Lin again and shouted, "Oh oh oh oh oh!"
Mimicking the Seven-Colored Egg, it circled around Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin: "..."
...
Seeing this scene, the viewers in the live stream room couldn't help but feel envious.
"I want to raise an egg too."
"How about raising a goose egg? If it doesn't hatch, I can still cook it. If it hatches, I can still cook it. Slurp~"
"I don't think you guys really want to raise it, you're just greedy."
"This egg is great, double eggs. (Nice jpg.)"
Thinking about the popular pets online now, like bees, silkworms, ducklings, guinea pigs...
They were all sorts of things.
Look at Mr. Jiang Wuchang, so unique.
He raised eggs, and not just one, but two.
And these two eggs were each more adept at spinning and jumping than the other.
"If you're looking for eggs, you should look for ones like these. Merchants, hurry up and get them made, I'll buy them right away!"
"Merchants: This, ((*・∀・ this really can't be learned."
"Manufacturers: This, this, this money probably can't be earned."
"Hahahaha, I can't stop laughing~!"
...
In the live stream footage—
Just as the two balls were circling Jiang Lin as usual.
In the desert, brown crabs crawled out.
And a yellow sand worm, half a meter thick, burrowed out of the sand.
Its massive body directly blocked the light in front of Jiang Lin.
"Do you want to trade?" they asked Jiang Lin.
Jiang Lin: "What do you have here?"
"Please look."
As the brown crab's legs churned, a small red flower appeared in front of it.
"This is our Desert Flower, it grows from adversity, and only one blooms in the entire desert per year."
"Wear it on your person, and you will feel the coolness of spring and autumn, a great item for relieving heat."
After it finished explaining, the giant sand worm took a step forward with its heavy body.
"Ugh—" it said.
From its mouth, it spat out a green-skinned fruit the size of a baby's fist.
It explained clumsily: "This, this is very good."
The sand worm nudged the fruit with its head, burying it in the sand, "Put, put it inside, and it will grow."
"It, it can grow this big..."
As it spoke, it coughed again.
Spitting out a green fruit the size of a basketball.
It smashed the fruit with its head.
The green fruit immediately split in the middle, and green juice flowed out from the cracks.
"Delicious, quenches thirst."
Seeing that the sand worm spoke hesitantly and couldn't explain clearly,
The brown crab crawled forward and helped explain:
"Although this thing has a thick skin, it's full of water and can quench thirst. It's a lifesaver in the desert."
"And it's convenient to carry, as long as you bury it in the soil, it will grow."
The brown crab used its two large claws to pry open the already cracked fruit, revealing a small red seed inside.
"After drinking, keep the fruit, bury it in the soil, and it can grow again."
As it spoke, its two small eyes carefully observed Jiang Lin's expression.
Seeing his indifferent expression, as if he wasn't interested,
It became anxious.
"I know you might not need it, you're from the ghost clan... but maybe your friends will need it?"
"This thing stores very well, buy it and stock up, it can be kept for a long time."
These are the only two good things in their desert area.
And they basically only produce once a year.
The quantity is already small, and if they can't sell them, their desert area might disappear.
In the Mirage Sea,
Although it collected races from all corners of the world and various specialty products,
It never left any useless land or useless things behind.
...